Talking about the issue of the aviation force, the boss knocked on the table lightly, pondered for a moment and then said: "The fighter and attack aircraft units of the aviation force, as well as the central air defense force, will be left temporarily. You should transfer back the medium bomber group. The entire
The cities around the North China Battlefield are all Chinese cities."
"Leaving these bombers can be said to be useless, do we still want to blow up our own cities? And if we bomb the Japanese transport fleet on the Yangtze River, it will be politically disadvantageous for us. If the Japanese army does not counterattack,
These bomber groups, which have a long range and a large bomb load, are basically of no great use if they remain on the battlefield in North China."
"It's not like you are in the Northeast battlefield, which is very close to the Japanese Army and Navy bases on the Korean Peninsula. If these bombers are transferred back, you can also bomb the Japanese bases on the Korean Peninsula. If they are transferred back to the Northeast to fight, it will be better than staying on the North China battlefield.
can play a greater role.”
"In terms of infantry, the chairman and I think it is better to keep three to five divisions for the time being. As for the artillery regiments, automobile regiments, and air defense troops you promised, the central government will accept them all according to your plan.
The foundation of this company is now stronger, but it has been smashed into pieces by others."
"However, let me make it clear here first. These artillery regiments, automobile regiments, and your air defense troops, the Central Committee will not return to Zhao intact. Our base area has expanded, and the pressure on our defense and troops
The mobility requirements, especially the requirements for tactical supplies, have also increased a lot."
"Although the equipment of various troops in the North China battlefield has been greatly improved, there are still great deficiencies in heavy weapons. Tactical mobility mainly relies on foot marches and a small number of mules and horses. When the troops are fighting, ammunition and
The carrying capacity of materials still mainly relies on its own carrying, and its continuous combat capability is still very limited."
"You can't eat meat, you will be fat and oily, and other brother troops will be there chewing the bones. So these artillery regiments and automobile regiments have been left behind by the central government. Not only can the artillery and automobiles not be returned to you, but also the artillery and automobile regiments can't be returned to you.
Neither the car soldiers nor the commanders can be returned to you."
At the boss's words, Yang Zhen smiled and said: "Stay as long as you stay. We are all brothers under the same flag. What difference does it make between you and me? Ours is the whole army's. As long as it can strengthen our whole army's
The combat strength is no longer the same as before, adding a millet to a rifle and counting the bullets and firing. Even if all the weapons of the Anti-League were transferred to the brother troops in Guan Nei, I have no objection."
"In terms of infantry divisions, as long as North China can support the supply, the number of troops left should be more rather than less. I think it is better to leave five infantry divisions, two of which are placed on the front line between Tianjin and Jidong to protect the northeast of Peking, which is closest to the Japanese army.
The direction is safe. I think the remaining three divisions will be placed on the line from Dezhou to Ningling. Of course, I am just providing some opinions. The specific deployment still depends on the opinions of the central government."
"As for the aviation force, I think the scale of transfers to North China will be expanded. In this way, the 500 air crews we have trained for the customs forces have basically completed the training outline. Although all the equipment will not be in place for a while, we can transfer what has been completed
The three equipment brigades have all been transferred back to the pass to undertake combat preparation tasks."
"Boss, I am preparing to report to the Central Committee. At present, the Northeast and Guannai battlefields have actually been integrated into one. Should we now establish a unified command organization directly under the Military Commission, the Air Force, and the Air Defense Force? In order to uniformly deploy aviation forces according to the battlefield situation
Attachment and combat command?”
Yang Zhen answered simply and neatly, and the boss smiled and said nothing. As for Yang Zhen's proposal to establish his own air force command organization, the boss just told him that this suggestion would be studied with the central government after returning to Yan'an. Now his work,
It is to do the finishing work of this battle. Don't be here, if the Japanese army bites you back, it will be a small gain.
Since the boss said so, Yang Zhen didn't mention it. Afterwards, Yang Zhen kept his word. Not only did he keep all the troops and equipment he promised, but he also left seven divisions for the Guan Nei troops before the main force withdrew to the northeast.
It belongs to the artillery regiment and all the anti-aircraft firepower equipment of the nine infantry divisions.
The supplies that were transported to North China for this battle but could not be used up were all left to the fraternal forces in North China. At the same time, some of the Kwantung Army equipment captured in the Northeast battlefield were also transferred to the pass and handed over to the central government, and replenished to the pass.
Brotherly troops. As for how to divide the equipment he left behind, that is a matter for the central government and the major strategic areas in North China. Yang Zhen did not participate in it.
Now, after finishing the conversation with the boss, Yang Zhen still needs to focus on the battlefield. After all, no matter how much equipment and troops are left after the war, it will all be after the war. The war is not yet completely over.
, my focus still has to be on the battlefield.
Just as the boss said, the entire battle has now reached its final stage. If the Japanese army finds an opportunity to bite back at this time, it will be more than worth the gain. Although the Texas battlefield is somewhat tied up and unable to continue due to the large-scale kidnapping operation by the Japanese army,
One step action.
However, fierce fighting is still going on in the battlefield east of Dezhou and on the Ping-Han Line battlefield. We must seize the time to clear out the enemy forces from these two directions and concentrate our forces to deal with the follow-up counterattack that the Japanese army may not know if they are still capable of it.
What you should do most right now.
After receiving Yang Zhen's order, Chen Hanzhang sent personnel and quickly reached an agreement with the chiefs of staff of the two Japanese divisions who were staying on the front line. They retreated ten miles north of Dezhou and northwest of Jinpu Road.
Kilometers broke away from contact with the Japanese troops facing them. The Dukaishan headquarters east of the Jinpu line stayed on the Gaoyi line.
At the same time, the Japanese army also fulfilled part of its promise. After retreating ten kilometers in front of the resistance forces, they first released the elderly, weak, women and children among the hundreds of thousands of Chinese people who were held hostage by them. At the same time, they did not carry out an attack on Dezhou City.
After any damage, they gradually withdrew from the Texas battlefield.
After these two divisions all withdrew across the Yellow River, all the remaining civilians were released on the spot in accordance with the requirements of the agreement. During this exchange, some people may have felt that their approach was a bit embarrassing. The Japanese army basically
He still fulfilled his original promise and did not do any harm to these detained Chinese people.
As the Japanese troops along Dezhou and Jinpu Road all withdrew across the Yellow River Iron Bridge, the fighting on the entire Jinpu Road has calmed down. On the battlefield east of Dezhou, Tao Jingfei used all the energy of the Japanese army to focus on the front battlefield of Dezhou and Jinpu.
Taking advantage of the fighting along the road, they concentrated all their forces and launched a final general attack on the two brigades of the 115th Division.
After completing the ambush on the 120th Division, except for one regiment of the division on the Yanjiujia front line, which crossed the Majia River and spread out to the south, the main force immediately moved westward with all its strength, following Tao Jingfei's deployment, regardless of the fierce fighting.
The troops of the 85th Brigade went straight to the position of the 86th Brigade in the west of Ningjin.
After the anti-alliance forces launched a frontal attack on the 86th Brigade, they immediately launched an encirclement and annihilation battle. After two days of fierce fighting, the 86th Brigade was completely wiped out. On its right wing, the 115th Division concentrated
The 85th Brigade, which had most of the remaining troops in the regiment, was also completely wiped out by Tao Jingfei the day before on the line from Changguan Town to Citoubao between Leling and Ningjin.
The 115th Division was completely wiped out, and the two brigades only managed to escape with more than 200 scattered soldiers. One lieutenant general and two major generals, and only Major General Higuchi Kiyoto, commander of the 86th Infantry Brigade, led
Taking advantage of the convenient location, a few guardsmen ran to the defense area of the 22nd Texas Division.
The remaining two generals, the division commander Lieutenant General Sugiura Eikichi, were killed in the battle, and the 85th brigade commander Major General Sannomiya Mitsuharu disappeared. In the entire division, except for these 200 skirmishers, almost no one escaped
At the same time, the hundreds of remnant soldiers who were left by the 120th Division to contain the resistance were all eliminated. The sound of gunfire had completely subsided on the entire battlefield east of Dezhou.
And just as Tao Jingfei was sweeping through the battlefield east of Texas, the main force of the Bohai Navy District, behind the entire battlefield east of Texas, at Qikou, with the cooperation of the First Department of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, completed the siege after two full days of fierce fighting.
The remnants of the Japanese ninth division on the front line of Hulangzhuang were completely wiped out.
Uchiyama Eitaro's airdrop did not delay the Ninth Division for too long. The transport aircraft airdropped by the Japanese Navy could only adopt high-altitude airdrops with poor accuracy under the fierce ground artillery fire. And the spring sea breeze in the Bohai Bay
, so that less than one out of ten air-dropped ammunition and supplies fell into the hands of the Ninth Division.
Of the 300,000 rounds of ammunition airdropped by the Navy for the Ninth Division, only 20,000 rounds fell into the hands of the Ninth Division. A large amount of field food was even rarer. The Navy's airdrop failed to change the situation on the ground.
The remnants of the Ninth Division were short of food and ammunition, and in a state of deprivation of food and clothing.
This unsuccessful airdrop was also the only supply obtained by the remnants of the Ninth Division trapped on the front line of Hulangzhuang. After this naval airdrop, the anti-Japanese alliance formed a blockade of aviation forces urgently mobilized, as well as strengthened ground anti-aircraft fire blockade.
As a result, the Japanese army no longer had a transport aircraft that could fly into the Qikou battlefield.
After more than ten transport planes urgently mobilized by the Japan Dispatch Force headquarters and temporarily diverted bombers were shot down by the Anti-Japanese Alliance, Eitaro Uchiyama decisively stopped this kind of airdrop that was not worth the gain. If the airdrop continued, the Japan Dispatch Army would have only
I'm afraid all the transport fleet will also need to be flown in.
After the airdrop failed, at the insistence of Lieutenant General Yoshio last month, the Army Air Force dispatched a Type 98 direct-association reconnaissance aircraft that can perform short-distance takeoffs and landings at the front-line airstrip and selected the best pilot.
, taking advantage of the night and flying at ultra-low altitude, they picked up the commander of the 9th Division, Lieutenant General Yuan Mamoru, and the division's chief of staff.
Lieutenant General Utsuki Yoshio can ignore the low-level officers and ordinary soldiers below. For Lieutenant General Utsuki Yoshio, these people are just expendables. But Lieutenant General Yuan Mamoru, the commander of the 9th Division who is still on the front line of Hulangzhuang,
He also had to take out the flag of the Ninth Division.
The lieutenant general's division commander is already the only one left among the two divisions he belongs to. If the former lieutenant general is lost in Hulangzhuang again, his army commander will really become a polished commander.
Despite the current war situation in the base camp, in order to stabilize the morale and morale of the army, senior officers have always been encouraged to coexist with their subordinates.
But he, Lieutenant General Yoshio Hara, could not just sit back and watch a lieutenant general's division commander get into trouble and ignore it. As for after returning after losing all his troops, the former lieutenant general was asked to commit seppuku by the base camp, or was he held accountable in other ways?
Responsibility is a matter for later. But right now, Lieutenant General Yuan Mamoru must be rescued. This is what he, the commander of the army, must do no matter what.
Although he was still strong-willed at this time, Lieutenant General Hara Mamoru, who was prepared to choose to live and die with his only remaining subordinates, had been refusing Yoshio Utsuki's request to evacuate. However, after Yoshio Uezuki's continuous strong pressure, he finally chose
He agreed to evacuate in accordance with the order of the army commander.